Minnesota –-(Ammoland.com)- The Bill of Rights recognizes several inherent rights of citizens in the United States, including free speech, the right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure, freedom of religion, and many others – including the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Many of us go about our days exercising these rights regularly. We choose our religion and church, or choose not to follow a religion. We attend rallies and gatherings. We write letters to the editor and door-knock on behalf of our chosen causes.
We do not need a permit to exercise our constitutional rights – except for the right to keep and bear arms in Minnesota.
Today, you must obtain a permit to carry in order to bear arms. We must ask the government for permission and receive a permit in order to exercise the fundamental constitutional right of bearing a firearm.
We strongly believe that approach is wrong – that no permit should be required for a law-abiding citizen to carry a firearm anywhere in this country.
Minnesota Gun Owners Political Action Committee (MNGOPAC) Chairman Mark Okern explores this topic in today’s MNGOPAC Podcast. It’s only 11 minutes long and walks through the topic of Constitutional Carry in Minnesota. It’s worth the time to listen.
In the 2014 legislative session, State Senator Brendan Peterson and State Representative Steve Drazkowski introduced constitutional carry legislation. This will be a legislative priority for MNGOPAC in 2015.
If you believe that the constitution should be the only carry permit that you need – please sign our 2015 Constitutional Carry Petition for the Minnesota Legislature.
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We need to see more faux carry going on. A full cover holster (empty) and a guitar case with gun decals and a full size picture of an AR should become common place in public. We need to get the public and cops desensitized to seeing what they think are firearms. Cop ” What do you have in the case ?” Subject, “My private property.” Cop “Can I see what’s in it ? ” Subject, “Not without a warrant.” Cop presses the case and gets access to see what is in the case and finds a fly rod or a… Read more »
I hold a Juris Doctor in Law and have studied the 2nd Amendment in depth….here is my conclusions. ALL GUN CONTROL LAWS ARE ILLEGAL ON THERE FACE…PERIOD…!!! These 4 words make the intent of our Founding Fathers is perfectly clear…”Shall Not be Infringed,” and any State Rep that passes a Law or Judge that rules to control our right to Bear Arms is violating his Oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution..!!!
Here in NJ, both the Legislature and our US Senators are elected by an urban constituency that in no way reflects the political sentiments of the middle class. The type of voter that elects the likes of a Lautenberg, Booker or Menendez feels that they, their friends or relatives might be at risk if middle class law abiding citizens were able to defend themselves from violent perpetrators. Suppression of the Second Amendment is just another aspect of the class war that is such an article of faith to the Far Left.
The US Supreme Court ruled in Murdock v. Pennsylvania, as follows:
(Page [319 U.S. 105, 113]) “The privilege in question exists apart from state authority. It is guaranteed the people by the federal constitution. viz., The state cannot and does not have the power to license, nor tax, a Right guaranteed to the people.”
Alaska is no permit open or concealed. Only duty to inform law enforcement on contact.
The article is right. We shouldn’t need a permit to carry anywhere that is part of the US ! The liberal tyrannists are trying to totally deprive us of our constitutional right to carry anywhere,anytime ! I personally think our rights are being violated bigtime the way thing are now (AZ has got it right,no license needed) ! We need to exercise our 2A rights like it was meant,not the way the liberals want ! Stand up and fight ! III